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公开(公告)号：US20190080602A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-14
申请号：US15722346
申请日：2017-10-02
Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： David Patrick Rice , Scott Klaus Boehmke
IPC: G08G1/0967 , B60H1/00 , G05D1/00
Abstract: Systems and methods for power and thermal management of autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system includes processor(s) and one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by the processor(s) cause the computing system to perform operations. The operations include obtaining data associated with an autonomous vehicle. The operations include identifying one or more vehicle parameters associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the autonomous vehicle. The operations include determining a modification to one or more operating characteristics of one or more systems onboard the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the one or more vehicle parameters. The operations include controlling a heat generation of at least a portion of the autonomous vehicle via implementation of the modification of the operating characteristic(s) of the system(s) onboard the autonomous vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20180290631A1
公开(公告)日：2018-10-11
申请号：US15482251
申请日：2017-04-07
Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Wesly Mason Rice , Nikolaus Wittenstein , Zhizhuo Jin , Paul Kevin Smith , Sean Joseph Kennelly , Peter Brueckner , David Patrick Rice
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sensor cleaning system that cleans one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle. Each sensor can have one or more corresponding sensor cleaning units that are configured to clean such sensor using a fluid (e.g., a gas or a liquid). Thus, the sensor cleaning system can include both a gas cleaning system and a liquid cleaning system. According to one aspect, the sensor cleaning system can provide individualized cleaning of the autonomous vehicle sensors. According to another aspect, a liquid cleaning system can be pressurized or otherwise powered by the gas cleaning system or other gas system.
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公开(公告)号：US20190171258A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-06
申请号：US15892506
申请日：2018-02-09
Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： David Patrick Rice , Thomas Jeffery Watson, JR. , John William Zinn , Robert Henry Doll , Declan Seamus Kelly
IPC: G06F1/20 , H05K7/20 , B60R16/023 , F28D15/02
CPC classification number: G06F1/20 , B60H1/00271 , B60H2001/00307 , B60R16/0231 , B60Y2306/05 , F28D15/0275 , G06F2200/201 , H01L23/427 , H01L23/467 , H01L23/473 , H05K7/20136 , H05K7/20254 , H05K7/20336 , H05K7/20854 , H05K7/20863 , H05K7/20872 , H05K7/20881 , H05K7/20927
Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for cooling an autonomous vehicle computing system are provided. A modular cooling device can include a cooling baseplate and one or more modular heat frames. The cooling baseplate can include at least one planar cooling surface, an inlet configured to receive a cooling fluid, an outlet, and at least one cooling channel coupled between the inlet and the outlet. The at least one cooling channel can be configured to allow the cooling fluid to flow between the inlet and the outlet and provide cooling to the at least one planar cooling surface. Each modular heat frame can be configured to house at least one autonomous vehicle computing system component, be coupled parallel to the at least one planar cooling surface, and transfer heat from the at least one autonomous vehicle computing system component housed by the modular heat frame to the cooling baseplate.
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公开(公告)号：US09904375B1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-27
申请号：US15484073
申请日：2017-04-10
Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
IPC: G09G3/00 , G06F3/0346 , G01S7/51 , G06Q30/02
CPC classification number: G06F3/0346 , G01S7/51 , G01S17/89 , G06Q30/0261 , G09G3/005
Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying imagery on a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a rotational frequency of a LIDAR device located on a vehicle. The method includes illuminating, by the one or more computing devices, one or more of a plurality of light emitting elements coupled to the LIDAR device based at least in part on the rotational frequency of the LIDAR device and the one or more images for display.
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公开(公告)号：US10394345B2
公开(公告)日：2019-08-27
申请号：US15905364
申请日：2018-02-26
Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
IPC: G09G3/32 , G06F3/0346 , G01S7/51 , G05D1/00 , B60Q1/26 , B60Q1/50 , G01S17/89 , G09G3/00 , G06Q30/02
Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying imagery on a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a rotational frequency of a LIDAR device located on a vehicle. The method includes illuminating, by the one or more computing devices, one or more of a plurality of light emitting elements coupled to the LIDAR device based at least in part on the rotational frequency of the LIDAR device and the one or more images for display.
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公开(公告)号：US20190221058A1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-18
申请号：US15882372
申请日：2018-01-29
Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Molly Castle Nix , Sean Chin , Eric James Hanson , Philipp Haban , Richard Brian Donnelly , David Patrick Rice , Thomas Jeffery Watson, JR.
CPC classification number: G07C5/12 , G01S7/4813 , G01S7/51 , G01S17/936 , G07C5/0825
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to communicating autonomous-vehicle status. In particular, the methods, devices, and systems of the present disclosure can: determine one or more maintenance statuses of one or more of multiple different systems of an autonomous vehicle; and depict at least one of the status(es) via a display device affixed to an exterior of the autonomous vehicle and configured to display information associated with the multiple different systems such that the information is visible to an observer located outside the autonomous vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20190105968A1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-11
申请号：US15804386
申请日：2017-11-06
Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： David Patrick Rice
Abstract: Systems and methods for providing cooling to vehicle systems on an autonomous vehicle from a plurality of cooling sources are provided. A cooling system can include a thermal interface configured to provide cooling to one or more vehicle systems of the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of cooling sources coupled to the thermal interface, and a controller configured to control each cooling source to provide a respective cooling to the thermal interface to meet a total cooling parameter for the one or more vehicle systems. Each cooling source can be configured to provide a respective cooling capacity to the thermal interface. The thermal interface can be configured to receive the respective cooling provided by each of the cooling sources. The thermal interface can be further configured to provide the respective cooling received by each of the cooling sources to the one or more vehicle systems to meet the total cooling parameter.
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公开(公告)号：US20180292916A1
公开(公告)日：2018-10-11
申请号：US15905364
申请日：2018-02-26
Applicant: Uber Technologies, Inc.
IPC: G06F3/0346 , G01S7/51 , G06Q30/02
CPC classification number: G06F3/0346 , B60Q1/2611 , B60Q1/50 , G01S7/51 , G01S17/89 , G05D1/00 , G06Q30/0261 , G09G3/005
Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying imagery on a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a rotational frequency of a LIDAR device located on a vehicle. The method includes illuminating, by the one or more computing devices, one or more of a plurality of light emitting elements coupled to the LIDAR device based at least in part on the rotational frequency of the LIDAR device and the one or more images for display.
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